Questions & Answers about พรุ่งนี้ ไม่ มา ค่ะ
The English translation says 'No,' but I don't see a general word for 'No' here. How does that work?
In Thai, there isn't a single universal word for 'No.' Because this sentence is answering a yes/no question, you say 'No' by using ไม่ (not) followed by the main verb. Here, the verb is มา (to come), so saying ไม่ มา literally means 'not come,' which we translate as 'No, he is not coming.'
Where is the word for 'he' in the Thai sentence?
It was dropped! In Thai, it is completely normal to leave out pronouns like 'he,' 'she,' 'I,' or 'you' when both speakers already know who is being talked about from the context of the conversation.
Why is พรุ่งนี้ (tomorrow) placed at the very beginning of the sentence?
Time words like พรุ่งนี้ (tomorrow) are often placed at the beginning of a Thai sentence to set the context or scene right away. They can also go at the end of the sentence, but putting it first is a common way to emphasize the time.
The sentence is about a man ('he'), so why does it end with the female polite particle ค่ะ?
The polite particles ค่ะ (female) and ครับ (male) always match the gender of the person speaking, not the person being talked about. The person saying this sentence is a woman, even though she is answering a question about a man.
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